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The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating a fish kill in Baltimore\u2019s Inner Harbor that officials say was caused by bacteria that reduced oxygen levels.<\/p>\n

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The die-off affected 126 blue crabs, about 1,000 menhaden and several other small fish found dead on the water\u2019s surface Wednesday, environmental officials said.<\/p>\n

The Inner Harbor fish kill was caused by a \u201cPistachio Tide,\u201d a bacterial bloom that made the water look green, produced a sulfurous odor and reduced oxygen levels in the Patapsco River, thereby killing crabs and fish, officials said.<\/p>\n

Officials contrasted the Inner Harbor fish kill to one observed Saturday in a nearly 14-mile stretch of the Potomac River between White\u2019s Ferry and Violettes Lock, the 23rd lock of the now-defunct Chesapeake & Ohio Canal near Darnestown.<\/p>\n

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The Potomac fish kill mainly affected a freshwater fish known as the golden redhorse sucker, officials said.<\/p>\n

Maryland environmental officials determined that the Potomac die-off was triggered by a record-high water temperature of 94 degrees. The previous water temperature record was set in 1988, according to Fox Weather.<\/p>\n

The Potomac River incident affected a larger number of fish. Environmental officials said in a report, extrapolating from what they observed on the river, that more than 21,000 fish died.<\/p>\n

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